Well come back. Supervisor preston okay, we see you, but there is sound difficulty. Ill let operations know that. We see that you did say aye present. Supervisor peskin madame clerk, supervisor peskin is present. Supervisor ronen present. Supervisor safai present. Supervisor stefani present. Supervisor walton present. President yee present. Clerk all members are present. President yee okay. Supervisor preston, are you able to get on . Clerk we see him, but we dont hear sound. President yee maybe he can get help from somebody. Clerk yes, ill work on it. President yee thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart. Would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance . I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv. Who records the meetings and makes the transcript available to the public onl
The directions for the problems with voting by mail. The mail seems to have been a National Story now is with you can can trust the meal or not and that is what covid19 has brought to the fore. We need to we should have put some his health at risk to exercise a constitutional right to vote so thats what people have turned to the mail including West Virginia. What weve done is within the bounds of law, thats one of the key points you enjoy set to stay within your state state bar, te elections are run by the states and within states and then by the counties. Why people may hear something happening and in the state that may be working the vote by mail system arena, they have to take that into context that in those states perhaps they been working on that for ten or 15 years, if you talk to him wideman in washington and an organ and somebodys other states doing vote by mail. Theyve been working on the voter list maintenance and getting the proper machinery in place to be able to count the
Digital democracy, the elections are under attack from so many different arenas. We are aware of the russian meddling from 2016 and that seems to have expanded with china, iran, and other foreign actors trying to meddle in our elections. A lot of the misinformation coming out right now is coming from sources in addition to russia. It can be from candidates and campaigns and social media, facebook, twitter, google, there and it moves towards the problems of voting by mail. The National Story now is to whether you can trust the mail or not and that is what covid19 has brought to the fore. We need to provide those options. We should never put somebodys health at risk to exercise their constitutional right to vote. That is where a lot of people have turned to the mail including West Virginia, and what we have done, within the bounds of law, you have to stay within your state law, these elections are run by the state and within the states and then by the counties. Hear ofople may something
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